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‘LGBTI+s severely underrepresented in sexual and reproductive health news'

NEWSLAB REPORT ON TURKEY

‘LGBTI+s severely underrepresented in sexual and reproductive health news'

790 news items on sexual and reproductive health published by the online news portals BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Diken, Evrensel, Gazete Duvar, Sabah, Sözcü, T24, Takvim and Posta have been analyzed for the NewsLabTurkey study.

23 February 2022

Survey: 56 percent of people in Turkey get news from social media

Survey: 56 percent of people in Turkey get news from social media

Recently, the most followed topics in the news have been the coronavirus pandemic, Canal İstanbul, mob boss Sedat Peker's revelations and the marine mucilage problem in the Sea of Marmara.

Mainstream TV channels skip political news, mostly feature 'page three' stories

MEDIA OMBUDSPERSON REIVEW

Mainstream TV channels skip political news, mostly feature 'page three' stories

A review shows four out of five TV channels mostly avoided important political issues in their main news bulletins on April 20.

LGBTI+s in Turkey's media: More visibility, more discrimination

KAOS GL REPORT

LGBTI+s in Turkey's media: More visibility, more discrimination

In 2020, only 39 percent of the articles published in the country were considered "rights-based" while 61 percent contained hate speech and anti-LGBTI discrimination, according to Kaos GL's annual report.

22 January 2021

Star TV to pay damages over a news on ‘suicide bomber’

Star TV to pay damages over a news on ‘suicide bomber’

With the verdict of the local court upheld by the Court of Cassation, Star TV channel will pay damages to a teacher for using a video footage featuring his detention during a union activity as an archive footage in another news entitled “suicide bomber caught.”

23 July 2020 Ayça Söylemez

Journalist Birand's Confession on PKK News

Journalist Birand's Confession on PKK News

Journalist Birand claimed in a column that a part of the news about the PKK is made up by the journalist and not based on true data. Journalist Başlangıç commented that many of his colleagues are superficial on the Kurdish question because they do not know the area.

14 October 2010 Semra Pelek

Dairy Company YÖRSAN Advocates for Internet Censorship

UNION RIGHTS

Dairy Company YÖRSAN Advocates for Internet Censorship

The Yörsan Company demands to remove news related to their workers' resistance in 2008 from the EmekDunyasi website. Apparently, Yörsan is concerned about the brand equity and their reputation. Website officials refuse to remove any news from their site.

4 June 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

Another Lesson to the Media from Chief of General Staff

Another Lesson to the Media from Chief of General Staff

General İlker Başbuğ, Chief of General Staff, said to think well when publishing news about terrorism. At the same time, journalists are facing severe prison sentences related to news and interviews concerned with the Democratic Society Party or the PKK.

16 March 2010 Erol Önderoğlu